A woman in southern China was so attached to her handbag that she crawled into an X-ray security scanner rather than let it out of her sight.
A video showing the woman's silhouette as she passed through the X-ray machine at a railway station Sunday ...

At 2:57 a.m. on Friday in Tokyo, someone hacked into the digital wallet of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc. and pulled off one of the biggest heists in history.
Three days later, the theft of nearly $500 million in digital tokens is still reverberating through ...

Before U.S. President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20 last year, Japanese officials were anxious, even obsessed, with a nightmare scenario that could not be ruled out — an incoming American leader who could shake up the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific ...

The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and France will hold talks in Tokyo on Jan. 26 to strengthen defense ties and work on restraining North Korea's nuclear and missile ambitions, Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Friday.
"We hope to share our views over the ...

The leaders agreed to bolster cooperation to ensure a “free, open, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific region” built on a “rule-based order,” effectively endorsing Japan’s strategy to keep China in check.

Is a war pitting the U.S. and its allies against nuclear-armed North Korea on the horizon?
While most analysts, regional security experts and government officials say the odds of conflict erupting on the Korean Peninsula remain low, observers say there has in recent months been ...

The Japanese and Omani foreign ministers agreed Wednesday that the two countries will work together to maintain maritime order amid China's growing assertiveness in the Asia-Pacific region, Japanese officials said.
The agreement was reached as Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his counterpart Yusuf bin Alawi ...

The central government is considering regulating the use of drones above U.S. military facilities in the country, following a request by U.S. forces overseeing the Asia-Pacific region, a government source said Wednesday.
Japan has a law that bans drones from being flown over key facilities ...

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has told Foreign Minister Taro Kono that Washington is considering a multilateral defense ministers' meeting aimed at reining in North Korea's nuclear and missile development programs, sources have said.
In their meeting in New York on Dec. 15, Tillerson ...

The fundamental rivalry in the Asia-Pacific region between Japan and China will surely linger in 2018, as a thaw in bilateral relations is likely to be restricted to areas of mutual economic benefit.
With 2018 marking the 40th anniversary of the signing of a peace ...